WASHINGTON (AP) — Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will be returned to federal prison after federal authorities denied him home confinement, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The person could not discuss the...

A Fort Jackson trainee is in custody after allegedly hijacking a school bus full of students on its way to Forest Lake Elementary School in Columbia, South Carolina, the Richland County sheriff said.

Text message scams are on the rise, but there's little that can be done to stop them.

Puerto Rico has the highest transgender murder rate in the nation as the U.S. is grappling with record trans violence and new debates on LGBTQ rights.

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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) this week signed legislation requiring that schools in the state provide free menstrual products to students. HB 1273 mandates that both public school districts and private schools "make menstrual hygiene products available...